THE owner of the warehouse where the P6.4 billion worth of smuggled illegal drugs was seized by authorities is missing, a lawmaker at the House of Representatives said on Monday.

“We invited Mr. Tan to come here today, but unfortunately he cannot be located,” said Rep. Ace Barbers, chairman of the House committee on dangerous drugs, at the resumption of the investigation on the entry P6.4 billion worth of “shabu”, which slipped through Customs.

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